Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-12-31
THE EAST.

AZ New Bedford, Mass, an earthquake
shock was felt early on the morning Of the
23d
TIE story told by the two SURVIVORS of
the Alfred Watts in Boston few days ago
show that they drifted thirty-two days,
without sight Of sail, on the water
logged hulk Twenty-six men were lost
A FIRE on the 23d destroyed the Western
Pennsylvania d New York railroad shops
at Oil City, Pa Loss, 100000
BUSINESS throughout the country was re-
ported aotive on the Esd by Dnn's New
York agency, with a good supply of cur
rency. The industrial outlook was not as
surfing, however. and uncertainty and hes
itation affected some branches of produc-
HOn.
THERE were two thousand cases Of typhoid
fever In Pittsburgh, Pa, during the sixty
days ended on the 23d, caused by impure
drinking water, and the epidemic was In
creasing.
WHILE going home with Christmas pres
ents, Mrs Ellen O'Nefll, q widow. and two
of her children were killed by a locomotive
near Rhinebeck. N. Y
LARGE number of the miners and freight
employees of the Reading road, excepting
those at Reading, Pa, abandoned their posi-
lions on the 24th because the company re-
fused to discharge several non-union work
men.
The death Of Daniel j. Manning, ex-secre-
tary Of the Treasury under President Cleve-
land, occurred at the residence of his son in
Albany, n Y, on the afternoon Of the 24th,
at the age OF fifty-six years
TIE schooner Mary P. Collins, of Phil
adelphia, recently foundered in storm,
the captain and five of the crew perishing.
Rev. DIR. LYMAN ABBOTT has been selected
as the acting pastor Of Plymouth Church,
Brooklyn, and will continue SO for an in
definite length of time, certainly until DC
tpber next
ole, were burned to death on the 9th
near Wllkesbarre, Pa, as the result of a de-
bauch
WILLIAM WEBERs claims to sixty-six
acres of land in New York City were proven
on the 9th The property is worth 800
100000
The funeral of Daniel Manning, ex-Secre-
tary of the Treasury, took place on the 9th
at Albany, N. Y. President Cleveland and
several members of the Cabinet attended
from Washington
On the 9th the great strike on the Read
ing railroad ended, and arbitration would
be resorted to for the adjustment of the
matters in dispute.
AT Troy, N. Y. excessive cigarette smok-
ing caused the death on the 2Sth of Richard
u. Barringer, young man Of strong
physique.
Il CHARLES J. HAYWOOD, of New York whu
owns the Babcock fire extinguisher patent.
said on the 28th that the man who recently
died In California almshonse was not
the inventor of the extinguisher.
Charles F. Babcock, u Boston chemist, he
said, invented the extinguisher and he is still
alive and wealthy
AT Coney Island, N. T., the heaviest gale
In years prevailed on the 28th, and many
small buildings were swept out to sea.
The death of Judge Rapallo, OF the New
York Court of Appeals, occurred on the
28th in New York City.
MRS CHARLOTTE AUGUSTA AsToR's will.
fled at New York on the 2Sth, beqneaths
$3.50, 600 for religious, charitable and edu-
cational purposes The bulk of her estate
goes to her husband
At Port Richmond, Pa, seven hundred
coal handlers struck on the 18th, and the
Knights of Labor had ordered another
strike OF Reading railway employees, but ii
was thought the order would not be gener-
ally needed 1t was estimated that eight
hundred employees Of the road had lost
their positions because of the previous
strike.